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2221. IOR/L/PS/10/576/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/576/1
Title:
File 4744/1915 Pt 1 'German War - Arabia. The Arab Bureau at Cairo'
Scope & Content:
The papers concern the establishment and work of the Arab Bureau at Cairo, a section of the Cairo Intelligence Department, which was set up to co-ordinate Arabian and Islamic intelligence in the face of German and Turkish propaganda, which had been making rapid headway in the region during the F...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Dec 1915-6 Mar 1918
Extent:

1 item

2222. IOR/L/PS/10/661/6

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/661/6
Title:
File 815/1917 Pt 8 'Persian Gulf:- Lighting & Buoying. Reorganisation of the Persian Gulf Light Service.'
Scope & Content:
This part contains interdepartmental correspondence relating to the reorganisation of the Persian Gulf Light Service. Matters discussed include the following: the possibility of dues being collected from ships using the Gulf, as an alternative means of financing the present service or a reduced...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Aug 1922-12 Oct 1926
Extent:
1 item (20 folios)

2223. IOR/L/PS/10/1127/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1127/1
Title:
File 3665/1924 Pt 7 ‘Arabia: - Nejd-Hedjaz Situation. Fall of Medina; Surrender of Jeddah. Abdication of King Ali; desecration of shrines by the Wahabis.’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and other papers relating to events during the invasion of Hedjaz [Hejaz] by Wahabi [Wahhabi] forces under the Sultan of Najd, Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd]. The papers cover: the fall of Medina; the surrender of Jeddah; the flight from Jeddah and...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Aug 1925-2 Jan 1929
Extent:

1 item (347 folios)

2224. IOR/L/PS/10/391/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/391/1
Title:
File 2182/1913 Pt 11 'Arabia: relations with BIN SAUD Hedjaz-Nejd Dispute'
Scope & Content:
Part 11 concerns British policy regarding the dispute between Bin Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd, also referred to in the correspondence as Ibn Saud] and King Hussein of Hejaz [Ḥusayn bin ‘Alī al-Hāshimī, King of Hejaz] over Khurma and Tarabah [Turabah]. Much of the c...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
16 Oct 1919-28 May 1920
Extent:

1 item (336 folios)

2225. IOR/L/PS/10/661/2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/661/2
Title:
File 815/1917 Pt 4 'Persian Gulf:- Lighting & Buoying. Beacon at Ras-al-Arz.'
Scope & Content:
This part contains interdepartmental correspondence relating to the rebuilding of the beacon at Ras-al-Arz, Kuwait (also written in the correspondence as Koweit), following its collapse in February 1922. Later correspondence discusses the maintenance of the light at Ras-al-Arz and how it should ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Feb 1922-14 Jul 1932
Extent:
1 item (27 folios)

2226. IOR/L/PS/10/847/8

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/847/8
Title:
File 4613/1919 Pt 8 'MESOPOTAMIA: ADMINISTRATION: LAND ACQUISITION OF LAND AT MAGIL: INCIDENCE OF COST'
Scope & Content:
This item consists of part eight of the subject file 4613/1919 Iraq: Land Tenure. It concerns British land policy in the occupied territories of Mesopotamia [Iraq], particularly in relation to the acquisition of land by the British for military purposes. The part is largely concerned with the a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
31 Aug 1917-7 Jun 1920
Extent:

1 item (93 folios)

2227. IOR/L/PS/10/80/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/80/1
Title:
File 1377/1905 Pt 3 'Perso-Baluch Frontier: Piran and Kacha Question'
Scope & Content:
Part 3 contains correspondence relating to the border zone around Piran and Kacha. The correspondence is between the Foreign Department of the Government of India, the Viceroy of India, the Foreign Office, and the India Office. Included as enclosures are letters, telegrams, and memoranda from th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1907-Jan 1913
Extent:
1 item (105 folios)

2228. IOR/L/PS/10/735/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/735/1
Title:
File 1000/1918 Pt 3 'Persia: situation & policy'
Scope & Content:
The item contains correspondence regarding affairs in Persia [Iran] in May-November 1918 during the First World War, including: Military actions within Persia, particularly those in northern Persia involving Dunsterforce, the Allied military force commanded by General Lionel Dunsterville The resi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Mar 1918-10 Dec 1918
Extent:
1 item (315 folios)

2229. IOR/L/PS/10/389/2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/389/2
Title:
File 2182/1913 Pt 8 'Arabia – Policy towards Bin Saud'
Scope & Content:
Part 8 primarily concerns relations between Bin Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] and King Hussein of Hedjaz [Ḥusayn bin ‘Alī al-Hāshimī, King of Hejaz]. Included are the following: discussion as to which ruler has the stronger claim to Khurma, and whether Bin Saud shou...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Aug 1918-26 Dec 1918
Extent:

1 item (300 folios)

2230. IOR/L/PS/10/659/4

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/659/4
Title:
File 815/1917 Pt 1D 'Persian Gulf: lighting and buoying; Shaikh Shuaib lighthouse; Kais Island lightship'
Scope & Content:
This part is mainly composed of interdepartmental correspondence discussing two subjects: 1) re-erecting and improving the lighthouse and buoying at Shaikh Shuaib after the First World War and 2) various issues relating to lightships on Kais Island, specifically the following light vessels: Calc...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Dec 1917-15 Apr 1926
Extent:
1 item (213 folios)